Betty N Dupree

F/C       XX0301
G5        X02023



INTRO:
 N/C             C N/C   C      (Accelerando strums)
“Gather round me.  Every-body.”
N/C                                                 G (Low open string) X 12  C (Low open 
string)
“I’m gonna tell ya a story about Betty ’n’ Dupree.”

BRIDGE: Instrumental (short plucked chords upwards)
|C   F/C C C|
|F/C F/C C C|
|G5  F/C C C|  G (Low open string) X 8  C (Low open string)


VERSE 1: (Finger plucked on lowest strings)
C                           F/C                C
Betty told Dupree - before, she want a diamond ring,
                   F/C                        C
I said, Betty told Dupree, she want a diamond ring.
G5 (Hold)                F/C              C     G (Low open string) X 8  C (Low open string)
Dupree told Betty: Baby, I'll buy you any-thing.


VERSE 2:
C                   F/C                   C
Dupree asked Betty: Baby, won't you be my wife,
             F/C                          C
Dupree asked Betty: Baby, won't you be my wife,
           G5
She said, "I'm yours, I'm yours, big Daddy,
       F/C                  C      G (Low open string) X 8  C (Low open string)
Honey, for the rest o’ your life.”


VERSE 3:
C                        F/C                           C
Betty said Dupree, honey I’m goin’ throw you a natural Ball,
            F/C                                C
Dupree said Betty, babe, I throw you a natural Ball.
            G5
All the men dressed-up like zombies - ha,
                          F/C                    C    G (Low open string) X 8  C (Low open 
string)
And the women, the women, walk right through the wall.


VERSE 4:
C                 F/C          C
She cried out, on it’s highest peak, whoo! - whoo!
              F/C              C
She cried out from his highest peak,
G5
They were loving, loving, loving, loving, loving,
                        F/C                   C       G (Low open string) X 8  C (Low open 
string)
Loving, loving, loving, she could hardly even speak.”


INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE:
|C   F/C C C|
|F/C F/C C C|
|G5  F/C C C|  G (Low open string) X 8  C (Low open string)


VERSE 5:
C                  F/C                C
Betty told Dupree, she want a diamond ring,
                       F/C                                  C
Oh, Betty told Dupree, someone Sheriff, she want-ta diamond ring.
                   F/C                   C     G (Low open string) X 8  C (Low open string)
Dupree told Betty, I'm gonna buy you any-thing.


VERSE 6:
C               F/C          C
Hear me holler, baby hear me moan,
                F/C            C
Hear me holler, whoa - hear me moan.
               G5
Oh the way you loving’ me baby,
        F/C                C     G (Low open string) X 8  C (Low open string)
I can’t stand to leave you alone.


VERSE 7:
C             F/C                                 C
Put your arms around me, like a circle around the Sun,
                      F/C
Put your loving’ arms around me,
                                       C
Baby, oh baby like a circle around the Sun,
G5
Won't you love me, love me,
         F/C                 C    G (Low open string) X 8  C (Low open string)
Love me, until the cows come home.


VERSE 8 & CODA:
C                         F/C                C
Betty told Dupree before, she want a diamond ring,
                           F/C                C
I said, Betty told Dupree, she want a diamond ring.
G5                       F/C              C     G (Low open string) X 8  C (Low open string)
Dupree told Betty: Baby, I'll buy you any-thing.